ARSENAL have confirmed that their first game of the Premier League season will be DELAYED by 30 minutes.
The Gunners are set to take on Nottingham Forest in their Prem opener as they look to challenge for the title again.
Arsenal fans are waiting outside the Emirates to be let inJonny Byrne
THE SUN – Lloyd CanfieldThe match has been delayed by 30 minutes[/caption]
TNT SPORTSThere are thought to be 35,000 people outside the ground[/caption]
The club confirmed that the match has been pushed back to 1pm.
Arsenal tweeted: “This afternoon’s game with Nottingham Forest will now kick off at 1pm (UK), due to a delay at the turnstiles.”
The delay has been caused by the new digital ticketing system going down at the turnstiles.
Images show loads of supporters standing outside the ground as they wait to be let in.
Reports have even claimed that there up to 35,000 fans still waiting to get into the ground.
A tweet went viral showing the fans outside the stadium with the queues said to be “huge”.
And fans have reacted to the delay on social media.
One Tweeted: “People having trouble with the digital pass.”
A second commented: “Fix the turnstiles.”
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A third wrote: “USELESS.”
A fourth said: “Sort them out!!”
While a fifth added: “This was the most predictable thing in the history of predictions.”
Another joked: “We jumped the early kick-off curse.”
Meanwhile, the Arsenal players will also have to wear the wrong kit after a major manufacturing error.
they will be forced to wear a kit that has reportedly stopped being sold.
We revealed that Adidas have allegedly stopped selling Arsenal’s new home kit after fans spotted a blunder in its design.
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